The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th April 2018 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th April 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Bully almost used, oddly, to be the perfect friend?SOUL MATEAAcross 8: Bully almost used, oddly, to be the perfect friend?SOULMATEAAcross 9: Man in fleece I pass for a retriever?PIECEAAcross 10: Pat possibly good on horseDUNGAAcross 11: Describe nets that, if crossing, unravel initially, as nettedRETICULATEAAcross 12: Dog in front, I'm impressed!BOW-WOWAAcross 12: Dog in front, I'm impressed!BOWWOWAAcross 14: Pravda's leader: revolutionary newspaper in surprisingly moral standPLATFORMAAcross 15: Talk about an obsequious devotee!SPANIELAAcross 17: Boob squeezed by rank dogTERRIERAAcross 20: Facial mark: poodle has to live without itBLACK EYEAAcross 22: Husky gets to bark around treeCROAKYAAcross 23: Say whippet dogs all in traps right, that's on the money!DOLLAR SIGNAAcross 24: Dog's dinner?CHOWAAcross 25: A great stop!AVASTAAcross 26: Has sanction a new form?CONTAINSDDown 1: Medic, American, on senior programmeDOCUSOAPDDown 2: Bung dog round back of kennelPLUGDDown 3: Male pointer finds tasty bit of boneMARROWDDown 4: Extreme force set to work, filling hole on roof of officeGESTAPODDown 5: Modern life's ending in Belgian prison?SPACE AGEDDown 6: Finance company with plentiful supplies and many miles to travelWELLSFARGODDown 7: Peach lieutenant put in drinkBELTERDDown 13: With half-scrubbed cleaner recycling bottles left for bottle bank?WINE CELLARDDown 16: Loathe how much some directors get paid?EXECRATEDDown 18: Dog beginning to kick hen with loud barkingELKHOUNDDDown 19: Entrance, dog kennels each wayBEWITCHDDown 21: John, with devout belief, renouncing it for a rough scrubberLOOFAHDDown 22: Chihuahua, for example, a little Mexican in effectCANINEDDown 24: Bird, yak or rabbit?CHAT